Imagine trying to pay rent, eat, buy the minimal necessities, and maybe the odd cup of coffee – on $800 a month. It’s not possible. Something has to give. Most often, it’s at the dinner table. Hunger. Illness. Isolation. It’s a nasty cocktail. Sometime near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government thought it was a good idea to lend a helping hand to folks living on basic income assistance and disability benefits – many of whom live with a mental illness.
To that end, $300 was added to each monthly assistance cheque – but only for April, […]
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